HomeMy WebLinkAbout(04) 07/30/2024 SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) — July 30, 2024
I. INVOCATION, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL
Councilmember Lewis gave the invocation followed with the pledge to the flag.
The City Council of the City of Port Arthur met in Special Session on Tuesday, July 30,
2024 at 4:04 p.m. in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, with the following members
present: Mayor Thurman Bill Bartie; Mayor Pro Tern Hamilton Everfield;
Councilmembers Willie "Bae" Lewis, Doneane Beckcom, Harold Doucet, Thomas Kinlaw,
III. and Donald Frank, Sr.; City Manager Ron Burton; City Secretary Kelly Moore;
Interim City Attorney James M. Black, and Sergeant At Arms Police Chief Tim Duriso.
II. *CLOSED MEETING (EXECUTIVE MEETING)
Closed Meeting:
(1) Section 551.072 Government Code — To Discuss Or Deliberate
With Possible Action, The Purchase, Exchange, Lease, Or Value Of
Real Property Within The Corporate Limits Of Port Arthur, (i.e.,
Babe Zaharias Golf Course)
The City Council recessed their meeting at 4:09 p.m. to meet in Executive Session to
consider the above-mentioned topics and reconvened their meeting at 5:34 p.m. with
the following members present: Mayor Bartle; Mayor Pro Tern Beckcom;
Councilmembers Lewis, Hamilton Everfield and Doucet; City Manager Burton; City
Secretary Bellard; City Attorney Black and Sergeant At Arms Chief Duriso.
MIOTIONS IN OPEN SESSION
Mayor Pro Tern Beckcom read the following motion into the record:
Motion Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Fifth
Amendment To The Contract For Operation And Maintenance Of
Babe Zaharias Memorial Golf Course With Aquila Golf, Inc. By
Extending The Contract Term Until December 31, 2024
Upon the motion of Mayor Pro Tem Beckcom, seconded by Councilmember Kinlaw and
carried, the above-mentioned motion was adopted.
Voting Yes: Mayor Bartie; Mayor Pro Tern Beckcom; Councilmembers Lewis, Hamilton
Everfield, Doucet, Kinlaw and Frank.
Voting No: None.
Mayor Pro Tern Beckcom read the following motion into the record:
Motion Authorizing Travel For Designated Staff And City
Councilmembers To Investigate Golf Courses In Two Other Texas
Cities
Upon the motion of Mayor Pro Tem Beckcom, seconded by Councilmember Kinlaw and
carried, the above-mentioned motion was adopted.
Voting Yes: Mayor Bartie; Mayor Pro Tern Beckcom; Councilmembers Lewis, Hamilton
Everfield, Doucet, Kinlaw and Frank.
Voting No: None.
III. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 5:37 p.m.
An audio-tape of this meeting is on file in the office of the City Secretary and is made a
part of the official minutes of this meeting.
MAYOR THURMAN "BILL" BARTIE
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY SHERRI BELLARD
END OF SPECIAL MEETING (EXECUTIVE SESSION) HELD July 30, 2024.
APPROVED: August 13, 2024.
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